Information

Type: Legal Notice

Department: PW - Public Works

Directors' Update: April 7, 2021

Business Meeting: April 13, 2021

Summary:

RCW 47.48.010 allows the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) to close and or restrict the use of county roads for such a definite period as it shall determine, if the roadway is being improved and the use of that portion of the roadway needs closed or restricted

This sets a hearing for at or after 2 p.m. April 27, 2021 in the Commissioners' Hearing Room on the 2nd floor of the Historic Courthouse in Chehalis, Washington, and further instructs the Clerk of the BOCC to proceed with all appropriate and necessary notifications, posting and publication as required by RCW 36.32.120(7) and 65.16.160. Interested parties are encouraged to check the Commissioners’ hearing schedule online at https://lewiscountywa.gov/offices/commissioners/agendas-calendar/ as the hearing date approaches for updated details.

Publications: The Chronicle - April 15, 2021

Cover Letter To:

Additional Copies To: Tim Fife, Martin Roy, Matt Hinderlie

Resolution

WHEREAS, Lewis County Public Works has received a request from a property owner along Senn Road to close the road to through traffic near the intersection with Centralia Alpha Road; and

WHEREAS, RCW 47.48.010 allows the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) to close and or restrict the use of county roads for such a definite period as it shall determine, if the roadway is being improved and the use of that portion of the roadway needs closed or restricted; and

WHEREAS, Lewis County Public Works has taken a survey of the citizens on Senn Road and they are in agreement to close the intersection of Senn and Centralia Alpha Roads; and

WHEREAS, Lewis County Public Works has reviewed the design options for the intersection of Senn and Centralia Alpha Roads; and

WHEREAS, the design of an intersection would be prohibitively expensive to construct as to meet current road standards; and

WHEREAS, on March 31, 2021, the report of the County Road Engineer on the matter of the proposed closure of Senn Road to through traffic near the intersection of Senn and Centralia Alpha Roads, was filed with the office of the BOCC; and

WHEREAS, the report and all related materials having been reviewed by the BOCC and found appropriate for further proceedings.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that April 27, 2021, at or after the hour of 2:00 p.m. in the Commissioners' Hearing Room on the 2nd floor of the Historic Courthouse in Chehalis, Washington, has been fixed as the time and place for the hearing on the County Road Engineer's Report, when and where all persons may appear and be heard upon report and upon the matter of the closure of that road described above. Interested parties are encouraged to check the Commissioners’ hearing schedule online at https://lewiscountywa.gov/offices/commissioners/agendas-calendar/ as the hearing date approaches for updated details; and

NOW THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the Board is hereby instructed to proceed with all that necessary notifications, posting and publication.

DONE IN OPEN SESSION this 13th day of April, 2021.